Originally Posted by
EWR764
When the 747 fleet retires, UA apparently would rather deploy the 77W on higher-volume routes and bring capacity on SFO-ICN more in line with demand.
Originally Posted by
east_west
But for east coast travelers, ATL or DTW are both much more attractive than going through SFO.
Suspect that ICN just doesn't represent that much O/D traffic for UA. And there's already excess capacity from much of the US thanks to KE and OZ.
And much of what traffic there is, is likely tech-concentrated, thus the single flight from SFO.